石越必不会善罢甘休
“Shi Yue will not let this go for sure.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
石虎已死
“Now that Shi Hu is dead,”
石越必 不会 善罢甘休
“Shi Yue will not let this go for sure.”
还有那长信王
“And Lord Changxin is”
“Prepare yourselves; he is coming back for revenge.”
In Chinese historical and martial narratives, blood debts require violent retribution, making compromise rare once someone of status has died.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
definitely will not; bound not to
A formal and emphatic way to express absolute certainty regarding a future negative outcome.
to let the matter drop; to leave it at that
Almost always used in the negative (决不/绝不/必不善罢甘休) to denote relentless pursuit of revenge or resolution.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Shi Yue and Shi Hu won't break in easily.”
“probably has Shi Yue all on edge.”
“Shi Yue is pretty smart”
“If you had been caught by Shi Yue and his men,”
“Shi Yue is naturally suspicious.”
“to be doomed eternally.”